It does't have to be the Waikato it could be up in the waitaks or Hunuas someone would need to sort out where we were going and the venue would need to be suitable. Ie we could camp there there is water and hopefully a supply of fire wood and no issue with having a fire etc....

Likewise if someone has access + permission to some private land with all of the above then that would be fine also.

I mentioned Kaniwhaniwha as we've visited the venue before. It's not overly onerous to access and it has all of the desired attributes for a meet (well perhaps the firewood is a bit thin on the ground)

Sounds great. Let us know what weekend, and you can count me and Callum in. Might even get Callums smaller brother Ethan to tag a long. Callum's been bugging me to take him bush for ages, and usually I do long hard tramps into the thick of it, which is really beyond a 7 years old, and certainly beyond a 5 year old.

He still talks about the last Pirongia trip. Somewhere different would be cool.

Cheers

John.

p.s. You going to bring the twins this time? Karen says to say hi to Megan.